Editing Politics of Papua New Guinea (section)

== After 2019 ==

In May 2019, [[James Marape]] was appointed as the new prime minister, after a tumultuous few months in the country’s political life. Marape was a key minister in his  predecessor [[Peter O'Neill|Peter O’Neill]]’s government, and his defection from the government to the opposition camp had finally led to O’Neill’s resignation from office.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/30/papua-new-guinea-james-marape-next-prime-minister|title = Papua New Guinea MPS elect James Marape to be next prime minister|website = [[TheGuardian.com]]|date = 30 May 2019}}</ref> In July 2022, Prime Minister James Marape's [[Pangu Pati|PANGU]] Party secured the most seats of any party in the [[2022 Papua New Guinean general election|election]], meaning James Marape was elected to continue as PNG's Prime Minister.<ref>{{cite news |title=James Marape returned as PNG's prime minister after tense election |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-09/papua-new-guinea-election-results-james-marape-to-govern/101311978 |work=ABC News |date=9 August 2022 |language=en-AU}}</ref>